WoRMS taxon details
Hexabranchus marginatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
AphiaID: 220382
AphiaID: 220382
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Euctenidiacea (Suborder) > Doridacea (Infraorder) > Polyceroidea (Superfamily) > Hexabranchidae (Family) > Hexabranchus (Genus) |
| Status |  unaccepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Accepted name | Hexabranchus sanguineus (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830) | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Hexabranchus Ehrenberg, 1828 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] source of synonymy: Valdés Á. (2002) How many species of Hexabranchus (Opisthobranchia : Dorididae) are there? Molluscan Research 22(3): 289-301., available online at http://www.publish.csiro.au/?act=view_file&file_id=MR02012.pdf [details] | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Mozambique [details] | |||||||||||||
| Host of |
Briarella risbeci Monod, 1928 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Note |
Description: Spanish Dancer Up to 40 cm long (larger in South Africa). A relatively common and distinctive species with a white, red and orange pattern. They lay large, pink, spiralled ribbons of eggs. Feed mainly on sponges, and incorporate sponge toxins into their skin as well as into their egg masses. Habitat: diverse, among shallow coral reefs, often swimming. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. N.B. many synonyms exist for species which differ in colour and are geographically separated. [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220382 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Hexabranchus marginatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220382 on 2013-05-25 | ||||||||||||||
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